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pbs, cnn, internet, everyone is there. they have guards taken hostage. they want to see the governor. this governor who no one knows it announces, i am going into the prison and i'm going by myself. no one is going with me. all of television sees him. a little talk, little dark. kind of a latin accent. walks in and he is in the prison for four days. no contact. now, at the whole world, germany, everybody is going, what is going to happen? today's, three days, for a stake, he walks out with the prisoners behind him and the guards. the guards have taken control. peace has occurred in the prison. i have looked at crime back there, ladies and gentlemen, he is talking now. and i have discovered something. i am calling a national conference on drugs and crime and how we allow this to happen. we're going to step this out. we're going to get out of it with the help of guards talking to prisoners. we will have norm -- no more riots. we will solve it. he is on the front cover of "time," he is everywhere. he is the next president. tavis: and the conference takes pl
pbs, cnn, internet, everyone is there. they have guards taken hostage. they want to see the governor. this governor who no one knows it announces, i am going into the prison and i'm going by myself. no one is going with me. all of television sees him. a little talk, little dark. kind of a latin accent. walks in and he is in the prison for four days. no contact. now, at the whole world, germany, everybody is going, what is going to happen? today's, three days, for a stake, he walks out with the...
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pbs. that is how late it became public tv and public radio have been in terms of giving people of color a space to operate@ inside of. so when a station wbez in chicago starts making excuses for why they dropped our show when we know it is about the politics. it is the president's home town and they did not one is on the air in the last six weeks of the campaign talking about holding the president accountable and pushing on why he is not talking about poverty or drones. the decision was made in his home town without our consultation our knowledge to simply pull the plug on our radio show without any forewarning. when that happened, the citizenry here in chicago who supports wbez listens to our show went crazy. >> what was your replacement? a repeat of "car talk." it was very popular for years, but it is not even the production anymore. that got a lot of conversation going in the city. this is not about our show being canceled. this is about the democratization of public media, about the la
pbs. that is how late it became public tv and public radio have been in terms of giving people of color a space to operate@ inside of. so when a station wbez in chicago starts making excuses for why they dropped our show when we know it is about the politics. it is the president's home town and they did not one is on the air in the last six weeks of the campaign talking about holding the president accountable and pushing on why he is not talking about poverty or drones. the decision was made in...
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pbs. >> be more. pbs. >> i'm ric edelman. today, we're heading to the racetrack to see if owning a racehorse can put you in the winner's circle. and if you think those odds are bad, how about mining on the moon? homer hickam, whose story was told in the movie "october sky," will tell us how it really could
pbs. >> be more. pbs. >> i'm ric edelman. today, we're heading to the racetrack to see if owning a racehorse can put you in the winner's circle. and if you think those odds are bad, how about mining on the moon? homer hickam, whose story was told in the movie "october sky," will tell us how it really could
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. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: for more tonight on the election of 2012 and what it means beyond the results, i am pleased to be joined by amy goodman. she is the host of "democracy now!" and her new book is called "the silent majority." she joins us from new york. good to have you back on this program. >> it is great to be with you, tavis. tavis: there so as to talk about. your thoughts on what happened this week, giuliani presidential race and whether you were surprised by any of the results. >> i definitely thought that president obama would win. when you look at what mitt romney said along the way, when you looked at his actions, when you look at the 47%, i wondered if he would win, if his number would be 47%, talking about the people who would not vote for him. but president obama, now in his second term, i think presents us an extremely interesting challenge to many of the people who voted for him. i mean, you now have the community organizer in chief as the commander-in-chief. that started in 2008. th
. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: for more tonight on the election of 2012 and what it means beyond the results, i am pleased to be joined by amy goodman. she is the host of "democracy now!" and her new book is called "the silent majority." she joins us from new york. good to have you back on this program. >> it is great to be with you, tavis. tavis: there so as to talk about. your thoughts on what happened...
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we just went on pbs in washington, d.c. and whuc at howard university and we are now on over 1100 stations. it was originally from pacifica radio. that was founded in the bay area 60 years ago. over 300 radio stations take it all over the world. i think this is because of the hunger for independent voices. and to bend, authentic voices -- independent, authentic voice is all over the world. host: we are talking with amy goodman, the host of "to mobocracy now" and author of "the silent majority." caller: good morning. you got your priorities right -- war is hell. if we could negotiate with stalin, we could negotiate with iran. as far as business, we have the highest corporate tax in the world. can adjust lower theirs down to sit -- 15%. guest: i agree that war is hell. i co-authored this book with dennis moynihan as we travel the country and broadcast from all over, bringing out these issues and engaging in discussion about what will make us safer in this country. ultimately, it is about shoring up this country. that will inc
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his love for certain sesame street character. >> i am sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i love big bird. i like you, too, but i am not one keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for. >> we will expand the debate with third-party candidates after the headlines. turkey has launched strikes inside syria after a bomb fired from syrian territory killed five turkish civilians. the victims were a family of five and a village near the syrian border. the turkish deputy prime minister said his government had every right to respond with force. >> there has been in attack and citizens have lost their lives. there is definite response to international law. turkey is a nato member. certain nato treaty articles bring about certain responsibilities when one of its members is attacked. we're not blinded by rage, but we will protect our rights. >> wednesday's violence marked the day this cross border flare- up between the two countries since the uprising in syria began nearly two years ago. there have been unconfirmed reports syrian troops were killed overnight.
his love for certain sesame street character. >> i am sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i love big bird. i like you, too, but i am not one keep spending money on things to borrow money from china to pay for. >> we will expand the debate with third-party candidates after the headlines. turkey has launched strikes inside syria after a bomb fired from syrian territory killed five turkish civilians. the victims were a family of five and a village near the syrian border....
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pbs sponsor is chevron corporation. chevron petroleum. no connection. they said you cannot realign-- o check them out yourself and amazon with the texaco unit that has been accused of dumping will to poison the local people and the kids our dying price of the "wall street journal" said it is of fraud and "new york times" is repeating it and it is called investigative repeating. [laughter] but i am not allowed to do that in britain. by the way bbc cannot take money from british petroleum. how do i get there? we'll arrange a boat to i take the planes and a jeep into the jungle but if you are in the sierra club it is the rain forest but if you are there is a jungle. take my word and the guy says who was driving said they showed am looking for the african queen to take into the village. he is pointing your boat. said dug out log with that hand carved paddle i see my hat floating down luckily the indigenous person comes out of the jungle to grab the paddle and off we go. i go to check out these people we were told by chevron
pbs sponsor is chevron corporation. chevron petroleum. no connection. they said you cannot realign-- o check them out yourself and amazon with the texaco unit that has been accused of dumping will to poison the local people and the kids our dying price of the "wall street journal" said it is of fraud and "new york times" is repeating it and it is called investigative repeating. [laughter] but i am not allowed to do that in britain. by the way bbc cannot take money from...
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investigation by the university of california, propublica, and pbs frontline found adelson may have violated the foreign corrupt practices act when he instructed a top executive to give $700,000 to a macau legislator who aided his company's efforts there. officials are also probing possible ties between adelson's company las vegas and antonis organized crime. the projects in macau helped adelson amass a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion. he has given tens of millions of dollars to newt gingrich, mitt romney, and other republican causes, and has spoken of spending upwards of $100 million to defeat president obama's in in the next election. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the new york times has revealed the u.s. food and drug administration conducted an extensive spying campaign against its own scientists. the spying began after the scientists warned the fda had fully approved medical imaging devices for colonoscopy is and mammograms that endangered patients with high levels of radiation. the covert spying operation led the agency
investigation by the university of california, propublica, and pbs frontline found adelson may have violated the foreign corrupt practices act when he instructed a top executive to give $700,000 to a macau legislator who aided his company's efforts there. officials are also probing possible ties between adelson's company las vegas and antonis organized crime. the projects in macau helped adelson amass a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion. he has given tens of millions of dollars to newt...
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we are broadcasting from the pbs station wedu in tampa, florida. this is breaking with convention: war, peace, a presidency, "democracy now!" special daily two-hours of coverage from the republican national convention inside and out. republican mitt romney accepted the republican presidential nomination thursday at the convention in tampa. he took to the stage after being introduced by florida senator marco rubio. on his way to the podium, romney shook hands with numerous delegates, including as he passed the new york delegation, billionaire backer david koch. he and his brother had promised to give hundreds of millions of dollars to the tea party and other right-wing causes as well as the attack ads against the obama administration. during romney's speech, he directly reached out to the voters who backed president obama four years ago. romney forcefully defended his work at the private equity firm bain capital. he pledged to create 12 million new jobs on foreign policy. he accused obama of throwing israel under the bus. we begin today's broadcast
we are broadcasting from the pbs station wedu in tampa, florida. this is breaking with convention: war, peace, a presidency, "democracy now!" special daily two-hours of coverage from the republican national convention inside and out. republican mitt romney accepted the republican presidential nomination thursday at the convention in tampa. he took to the stage after being introduced by florida senator marco rubio. on his way to the podium, romney shook hands with numerous delegates,...
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we are broadcasting from grand valley state university in grand rapids, michigan, the pbs station. as we turn to marcy wheeler, investigative blogger who lives here in grand rapids, michigan. for years she has written extensively about national security issues and civil liberties. today we will look at indefinite detention at home and abroad. a yemeni man named adnan latif earlier this month became the ninth foreign prisoner to die guantanamo since the prison began in 2002. he spent nearly 4000 days at guantanamo, despite being cleared for release on three separate occasions. in one ruling, u.s. district judge called the accusations against latif "unconvincing" and said his was detention was "not lawful." nevertheless, the department of justice appealed the district court's decision and won. in a letter released in 2009, adnan latif wrote -- meanwhile, the justice department is defending its right to indefinitely detain people inside the united states. late last week the obama administration asked an appeals court for an emergency stay of a lower court ruling striking down a contro
we are broadcasting from grand valley state university in grand rapids, michigan, the pbs station. as we turn to marcy wheeler, investigative blogger who lives here in grand rapids, michigan. for years she has written extensively about national security issues and civil liberties. today we will look at indefinite detention at home and abroad. a yemeni man named adnan latif earlier this month became the ninth foreign prisoner to die guantanamo since the prison began in 2002. he spent nearly 4000...
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"well, we can cut out pbs." for all your moms and kids, don't worry, summit is finally getting tough on big bird. >> mitt romney criticize president obama for focusing on what he called "saving the big bird swo." >> these are tough times with tough issues for you have to scratch your head when you to the president's been in the last week talking about big bird. [applause] i actually think we need a president who talks about saving the american people and setting good jobs and saving our future. >> ohio is asking the supreme court to overturn a federal pills ruling that struck down the state's effort to prevent early voting the weekend before the election. although as republican controlled legislature had barred early weekend voting fleming state officials need the time to prepare for election day. last month, the u.s. district court ruled the state had failed to provide a convincing argument and must extend early weekend voting to all, not just members of the military. democrats have accused republicans of seeki
"well, we can cut out pbs." for all your moms and kids, don't worry, summit is finally getting tough on big bird. >> mitt romney criticize president obama for focusing on what he called "saving the big bird swo." >> these are tough times with tough issues for you have to scratch your head when you to the president's been in the last week talking about big bird. [applause] i actually think we need a president who talks about saving the american people and setting...
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pbs. >> be more. pbs. the damage is killing me inside. let's talk a little bit more. the more i have to talk, the more i go up. so we're not allowed to go inside, is that correct? we got a deal. and you lied and cheated your way in.
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pbs. >> be more. pbs. >> i'm ric edelman. nobody in the financial markets likes to ride a bubble, out of fear it will burst. but we've got a bubble of sorts for you that's really pretty cool, or, rather, hot. plus, you're going to learn the right way to pick exchange-traded funds. you'll hear what financial advisors wish their clients
pbs. >> be more. pbs. >> i'm ric edelman. nobody in the financial markets likes to ride a bubble, out of fear it will burst. but we've got a bubble of sorts for you that's really pretty cool, or, rather, hot. plus, you're going to learn the right way to pick exchange-traded funds. you'll hear what financial advisors wish their clients
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it became a week-on pbs special. it is important for americans on radio and television and those in the media, that is why i celebrate what you do every day, but it is important to tell these stories. the moderator state to make sure that poverty is debated -- the moderators need to make sure that poverty is debated. the media has not done a good job of keeping these issues front and center. >> tavis smiley and cornel west, thank you for being with us proud of their book, "the rich and the rest of us: a poverty manifesto." [captioning made possible by democracy now!]
it became a week-on pbs special. it is important for americans on radio and television and those in the media, that is why i celebrate what you do every day, but it is important to tell these stories. the moderator state to make sure that poverty is debated -- the moderators need to make sure that poverty is debated. the media has not done a good job of keeping these issues front and center. >> tavis smiley and cornel west, thank you for being with us proud of their book, "the rich...
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. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: tomorrow night on this program, we'll bring you our conversation with frank rich. he takes a critical look of what went wrong for the gop and the prospects of moving forward. that should be a good conversation tomorrow night. tonight, we wanted to start this week with the story that is shaking up washington. the sudden resignation of cia director david petraeus. thomas ricks is a pulitzer prize-winning journalist and a best-selling author. he is a fellow at the center for a new american security. good to have you back on this program. let's get the petraeus stuff at of the way first. i want to go straight to your blog. the sudden departure of general david petraeus from the cia tells us more about the state of our nation than a dozen petraeus. president barack obama should not have accepted his resignation. we seem to care more about the sex lives of our leaders down their real lives of our soldiers. i want to pick that apart one piece at a time. he suggests that his resignatio
. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: tomorrow night on this program, we'll bring you our conversation with frank rich. he takes a critical look of what went wrong for the gop and the prospects of moving forward. that should be a good conversation tomorrow night. tonight, we wanted to start this week with the story that is shaking up washington. the sudden resignation of cia director david petraeus. thomas ricks is a pulitzer prize-winning...
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good >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ♪ tavis: a quick look at our week ahead. first, tomorrow night we will be joined by one of the central figures in the nervous spring movement, google and -- in the arab spring movement, wael ghonim. he is out with a talked-about new muammar -- new memoir. tomorrow viola davis and octavia's spencer as they discuss the foam. we will discuss the concern about the kinds of roles hollywood offers to people of color and the quest for hollywood storytelling beyond racial stereotypes. now after that i will be joined by suze orman. she believes she has come up with the sensible solution for every day americans. tonight we are pleased to be joined by chuck hagel. the combat vet earns two purple hearts. he was a member of the who intelligence committee. he serves of the chairman of the atlantic council. he joins us tonight from washington. good to have you on this program. so much news i want to get to. let me jump in with syria. we told americans to get out. your thoughts on the deteriorating relationship with syria and wh
good >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. ♪ tavis: a quick look at our week ahead. first, tomorrow night we will be joined by one of the central figures in the nervous spring movement, google and -- in the arab spring movement, wael ghonim. he is out with a talked-about new muammar -- new memoir. tomorrow viola davis and octavia's spencer as they discuss the foam. we will discuss the concern about the kinds of roles hollywood offers to people of color and...
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. >> an investigation by the university of california, propublica, and pbs frontline found adelson may have violated the foreign corrupt practices act when he instructed a top executive to give $700,000 to a macau legislator who aided his company's efforts there. officials are also probing possible ties between adelson's company las vegas sans and chinese organized crime. he has given tens of millions of dollars to newt gingrich and mitt romney and other republican causes, and spoke -- spent up to $100 million to defeat president obama's re-election. for more we're joined by stephen engelberg, managing editor of propublica. he co-authored the article on sheldon adelson along with matt isaacs and lowell bergman. it is called, "inside the investigation of leading republican money man sheldon adelson." block and to "democracy now!" lay out what you found. >> this is a story about a man, sheldon adelson, who has a casino in las vegas and decides to go were the real money as, which turns out to be macao, a peninsula but on the edge of china's bid it is a place or used to be a colony, a port
. >> an investigation by the university of california, propublica, and pbs frontline found adelson may have violated the foreign corrupt practices act when he instructed a top executive to give $700,000 to a macau legislator who aided his company's efforts there. officials are also probing possible ties between adelson's company las vegas sans and chinese organized crime. he has given tens of millions of dollars to newt gingrich and mitt romney and other republican causes, and spoke --...
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provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. economists didn't think today's job news would be good, but they didn't predict it would be this bad either. a net gain of only 69,000 jobs last month, nearly half of what had been expected. response and counterresponse was swift. >> the president's policies and his handling of the economy has been debt a harsh indictment this morning. >> we will come back stronger. we do have better days ahead. and that is because of all of you. that's because of all of you. i've placed my bets on american workers and american businesses any day of the week. gwen: but the underlying questions are clearly bigger than the monthly numbers. chief among them, what is stunting growth and is there anything the chief executive can do about it? tackle the first one for me, jim. >> it's a great question, and there's a lot of things that are very much related to the headwinds of the global econ
provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. economists didn't think today's job news would be good, but they didn't predict it would be this bad either. a net gain of only 69,000 jobs last month, nearly half of what had been expected. response and counterresponse was swift. >> the president's policies and his...
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broadcasting and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. i suppose there are one or two of you out there who are still at the edge of your seat, waiting for the general election to officially begin. wait no more, because this week offered no-looking-back evidence that barack obama and mitt romney are in their corners, and the bell just rang. the fight, as well outline tonight, will be about policy as well as politics. example number one -- the president this week challenged republicans to extend low interest rates for a college loan program. romney said yes, they should be kept low. but for congressional republicans, there was a catch. the house voted today for the extension, but only if the cost comes out of the presidents health care plan. the white house, in response, called it a "politically motivated proposal and not the serious response that the problem facing americas college students deserves." and a vetoo threat was promptly issued. is this the kind of figh
broadcasting and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. i suppose there are one or two of you out there who are still at the edge of your seat, waiting for the general election to officially begin. wait no more, because this week offered no-looking-back evidence that barack obama and mitt romney are in their corners, and the bell just rang. the fight, as well outline tonight, will be about...
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pbs and public access tv stations, and on both satellite tv networks. i'm amy goodman. our broadcast is special, bringing you voices from the rio summit. >> we continue our coverage of the rio + 20 earth summit. thousands of soldiers and police are guarding about 130 heads of state and government as well as ministers and diplomats from over 180 countries, and 150,000 others. with me now is nnimmo bassey, director of environmental rights action in nigeria, chair of friends of the earth international. welcome to democracy now! >> thank you very much. >> can you tell us first your preliminary assessment of the gathering, what the rest of the world can expect from what ever the world leaders agree on? >> the leaders came to rio with very low ambitions, probably with a desire to block action on any issue that would not be of particular benefit to them or their country's. coming to rio to talk about the future that we want, also looking at sustainability on the basis of a green economy, it is difficult to discuss a concept over which there is no agreement. many leaders do not
pbs and public access tv stations, and on both satellite tv networks. i'm amy goodman. our broadcast is special, bringing you voices from the rio summit. >> we continue our coverage of the rio + 20 earth summit. thousands of soldiers and police are guarding about 130 heads of state and government as well as ministers and diplomats from over 180 countries, and 150,000 others. with me now is nnimmo bassey, director of environmental rights action in nigeria, chair of friends of the earth...
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i like pbs. i love big bird. >> tonight lamar burton with the real story about pbs. >> the real story? >> the real story. good to have you with us tonight folks. thanks for watching. the unemployment numbers for september were released today. it is good news for the american recovery. somebody said obama didn't know anything about the economy. well, forget that for now. the national unemployment rate fell to, count it, 7.8%. 114,000 jobs were added to the payrolls. an additional 86,000 were added to revisions for july and august. the labor force grew, my friends, by 418,000, which means the drop in unemployment is not due to people giving up on looking for work, which is a great republican talking point. president obama broke the news to supporters during a rally in virginia today. >> this morning we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since i took office. more americans entered the work force, more people are getting jobs. >> the president made clear the economy i
i like pbs. i love big bird. >> tonight lamar burton with the real story about pbs. >> the real story? >> the real story. good to have you with us tonight folks. thanks for watching. the unemployment numbers for september were released today. it is good news for the american recovery. somebody said obama didn't know anything about the economy. well, forget that for now. the national unemployment rate fell to, count it, 7.8%. 114,000 jobs were added to the payrolls. an...